Machine for making cleats for basket-covers.



R. B. FULLER. MACHINE FOR MAKING OLEATS, FOR BASKET oovmzs.

' APPLICATION FILLED APILZQ, 1907.

PATENTED MAY 26, 1908'.

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H's-lawman. .PATBNTEDMA-ms, 1908.

MACHINE FOR MAKING GLEATS POR'BASKET covsss. APPLICATION rmm' APR. 2 1907.

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PATENT-ED MAY 26, 1908.

R. B. FULLER. MACHINE, FOR MAKING OLEATS FOR BASKET covmzs.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1907.

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No. 888,990. PATENTED-MAY 26, 1908. R. B. FULLER.

MACHINE FOR MAKING CLEATSPOR BASKET-COVERS. APPLIGATION FILED Arnfiza, 1907;

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UNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE;

' RUSSELL B. FULLER, or EvAnsyiLLE, INDIANA.

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Application filed April 2 1907. Serial mam 29o.

To all whom it may concern: Be itfk-nown that I, RUSSELL B. FULEEEE citizen of the United States -of America, and resident of Evansville, Vanderburg county, Indiana, have inventeda certain new jand useful Improvement in Machines for Making Cleats'for Basket-Covers, of which the fol-- lowing is a specification." H

My invention contemplates-amachine for cuttin and drilling the cleats of baske covers. hese covers are of'the kind in which two end cleats are connected by slats. Covers of this character are commonly used for grape or other fruit baskets, and are held in place by fiexible'wiresor attaching devices.

properly cut andshaped,

he .cleatsmust" be and it is desirable t at they bedrilled toreceive the Wires or attaching devices by which the covers are secured to the baskets. By my inventionthe cutting or shaping the cleats are alldone in one and the same machine.

In the accompanying drawingFigure ,1

is .a side elevation of a m'achine' embodying the principles of my invention; Fi 2 is a,

lan of the same. Fig's. 3, '4' and. 5 s ow the oard and-the way in which the 'cle'at's are cuttherefrom. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sec- Fig. 7 is-an encross section on line 88 in Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is prises a bed or body A and a drum saw B mounted thereon. Saidsaw has a horizontal shaft I) mounted in bearings 11 and provided with a belt pulley b by which the saw is provided'with a straight guide way or, throat c in which the-board X feeds downwardly.

has its lower end pivoted at c an its upper end suitably connected with the said hopper C.,- Said lever is connected by a itman c with an eccentric device 0'', by whic the said hopper is given a reciprocating motion toward and away from the saw B and drill D.

The said drill has a bit (1 and a drive pulley d, and is mounted to rotate in bearings d,

which latter are supported on a pair of arches that s an the frame above the saw. Thus the drill rotates about a horizontal I Said bit d is held in place in the A hp 0? on An inclined hopper or guide C is rectly above the drum saw-,which latter also rotates about a horizontal axis, thesaw and the drill both facing" toward the hop v I body of the drill by the set screw d.

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.- 'When the hopper moves forward the saw 1 B cuts ofithe lower end of the board, andat the same time the drill pierces the board immediately above the cut madeby the saw.

The next time the hopper moves forward the' saw cuts off a'drill cleat, and the end of the boardis-drilled for the next cleat'., In this way a'finished cleat is cut-off and the f drilling done forthe next cleat each time the hopper moves-f forward. f It be under-:

stood that the cleatscanjbe drilled either entirely or on lliy partially through the thickness ,j

e inclination of the. hopper gives"* thereof.

the proper-L ntto the'convex-out'er side,

and to the'concave inner side, of each cleat. f1L 1lo(p eror any other means supports the he in position, and the ar-.

rangenien't is such that the cleat' drops down as soon as it is sawed-off; In this way the hopper feeds the board by-gravity as fast asthe cleats drop from the lower "end thereof.

.Thev board, whenit feeds, alwaysextends below the ed e of the 'saw' a distance equal to the width for the cleats. The curvature of the saw is the same as that of the in-- her and outer sides of each cleat. a'cross section on line 99 in Fig. 1. Fig. 10 w i is a detail front elevation of the hopper or What I claim as my invention is:

1. A machine for making basket cover cleats, comprising a saw; a drill dis osed above the saw, a vertically disposed andhorizontally reciprocating hopper provided with means for sup orting a board vertically with the lower end thereof extendin "below the edge of the "saw a distance equa to the width desired for the cleats, and means for reciprocating the said hop er toward and away from the said saw and drill, said'hoperadapted to feed the board by gravity-as ast as the drilled cleats are cut off and dropped from the lower end thereof.

2. A machine .for maki basket cover cleats, comprising a saw, ad disposed above the saw, means for rotating the saw and drill about horizontal non-coincident axes, avertically disposed and horizontally reciprocating be per grovided with means for supporting aoar vertically with the lower end thereof extending below the edge of the saw a distance equal to the width desired for the cleats, means for reciprocating the said hoppertoward' and away from the said saw and dfill', and'a ir argues for thejbottom of the ho per, said hopper adapted-t feed the thereof, a vertically diSPOSed -8Dd -li01iZO D- tally reciprocating 110 per fprovided with means forsup ortmg a oardyertically with the lower'en thereof extending "below the- ;edge' of the sawa distance equal; to thewidth desired for the.-cleats,.-meansfor reciprocating the said: ho per-*toward and-away from the said saw an drill andgnidesforsupporting thehopper in an inclined position to; ive

.the cleats a bevel; said hopper adapte to feed the board'by gravityes fast 'asthe drilled cleats are cutoff. and dropped from the lower end .thereofl 25,-above the saw, a pair of. arches supporting;

per provided iwithfme'ansfor supporting a. oard vertically with the lower end' thereof extending below-the ed e of the saw a distance equal to the wi th desii'ed for thecleats, means for reciprocating the said hop --v per toward-- and away from the said saw and drill, and a. frame-having side members in-. fclosing peer and arches are supported, .saidhopper-f 'Bdfi tedto feed the board: by gravity, as fast as t e drilled cleats are'cut ofl and dropped e saw and upon which the said-hop from the lower'en'd thereof,

:5; A machine for'making basket cover cleats, comprising a saw, a drill disposed above the SaW, the said saw being in the form o'fa cylinder having the curvaturedesired for the inner and outer sides of the cleats, a vertically disposed and horizontally reciprocating shopper provided with means for supportinga oard vertically with the lower endthereof extending below the edge pf the saw a distance equal to the Width desired for the cleats, means for reciprocating f the said hopper toward and away from the said saw and drill, anda frame having guides for the hopper and bearings for the various y o erativeparts, said hopper adapted to feed 4. A machine for making basket cover. cleats, comprising a saw;- a drill disposed t e'iboard byflgravity as fast as the drilled cleats are exit of and dropped from the lower vend thereoi,

the drill shaft above thesaw, a vertically disposed and horizontallyiireciproeating hop- Signed by meat Evansville,- -Ind., this 22nd day of April, 1907,

RUSSELL B. FULLER. 

